TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 24: Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre

[CBHagman]

The subject line is my own; if TCM states outright what its daily themes are, it's the exception rather than the rule. And this time I'm taking the schedule well into Thursday morning, especially for those with DVRs.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

12:00 AM
Foxes (1980)
1h 46m | Drama
Victims of broken homes and uncaring parents, four teenage girls soothe their emotional wo...
Director:
Adrian Lyne
Cast:
Charles Shull, Robert Romanus, Randy Quaid, Jodie Foster

2:15 AM
The Bad Seed (1956)
2h 9m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An eight year old girl--a quintessential psychopath--kills a schoolmate, an old woman, an ...
Director:
Mervyn Leroy
Cast:
Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden, Patty McCormack

4:30 AM
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
1h 47m | Adventure | TV-G
Classic Mark Twain story of a young troublemaker who tries to help a runaway slave.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Tony Randall, Patty McCormack, Neville Brand

6:30 AM
The Young Runaways (1968)
1h 31m | Drama | TV-14
Three teenage runaways leave home for life in the big city for a variety of reasons...
Director:
Arthur Dreifuss
Cast:
Brooke Bundy, Kevin Coughlin, Lloyd Bochner

8:15 AM
Children of Pleasure (1930)
1h 10m | Musical | TV-G
A Jewish songwriter forsakes his heritage for a society girl.
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Cast:
Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson, Helen Johnson

9:30 AM
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
1h 2m | Romance | TV-G
A hot-shot dancer marries in haste and repents in waltz time.
Director:
Ray Enright
Cast:
Grant Withers, Sue Carol, Eddie Phillips

10:45 AM
Flying High (1931)
1h 20m | Musical | TV-G
A hare-brained inventor invents a new flying machine but can't figure out how to land it.
Director:
Charles F. Riesner
Cast:
Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O'Brien

12:15 PM
The Hot Heiress (1931)
1h 20m | Musical | TV-G
When a society woman falls for a riveter, she tries to pass him off as an architect.
Director:
Clarence Badger
Cast:
Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon

1:45 PM
She Had to Say Yes (1933)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
A secretary pads her salary by dating prospective buyers for her company.
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Cast:
Loretta Young, Winnie Lightner, Lyle Talbot

3:00 PM
Spring Is Here (1930)
1h 8m | Musical, Comedy | TV-G
A young woman is torn between the nice guy her father likes and the bad boy he doesn't.
Director:
John Francis Dillon
Cast:
Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire

4:15 PM
Broadway to Hollywood Profile Image Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
Three generations of vaudevillians fight for stardom on stage and screen.
Director:
Willard Mack
Cast:
Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper

6:00 PM
Call of the Flesh (1930)
1h 40m | Musical | TV-G
A Latin lover fights for the heart of a beautiful convent girl.
Director:
Charles Brabin
Cast:
Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SYDNEY GREENSTREET AND PETER LORRE

8:00 PM
The Mask of Dimitrios Profile Image The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
1h 35m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Cast:
Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson

9:45 PM
The Verdict (1946)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-PG
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Director:
Don Siegel
Cast:
Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring

11:30 PM
Three Strangers (1946)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-PG
Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winning...
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Cast:
Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre

1:15 AM
Passage to Marseille (1944)
1h 49m | War | TV-PG
Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, ...

3:15 AM
The Conspirators (1944)
1h 41m | Adventure | TV-PG
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Cast:
Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet



5:00 AM
Background to Danger (1943)
1h 20m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Cast:
George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet

6:30 AM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1h 40m | Crime | TV-PG
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless sta...
Director:
John Huston
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George



8:30 AM
Casablanca (1942)
1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love tur...
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

[Staph]

1. According to TCM's At-A-Glance doc,

Greenstreet & Lorre is the Primetime Theme as well as the daytime theme for most of Thursday, to be followed by Directed by David Lean. The David Lean films start at 10:30, and finish with Lawrence of Arabia (1962) at 4:00. I'll be posting the Thursday schedule in a few days (I've got to prep for a meeting my tax person first!).

TCM will send you this doc twice a month; you can subscribe on the TCM website at https://preferences.tcm.com/?icid=footer-newsletter-sign-up-- and choose the Now Playing Newsletter.

[CBHagman]

2. Thank you for the tip.

I have been unhappy with TCM's changes to the website, as well as their continuing aversion to proofreading and fact-checking, and it has been difficult to dig information out of the site in its current incarnation. I suppose I shouldn't be astonished that their changes require more work and more @#%@!!! email, but that's corporate America for you.